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The apostolic nuncio in Spain, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, together with the Grand Chancellor of the Abat Oliba CEU University, Alfonso Bullón de Mendoza. / Credit: Abat Oliba-CEUCNA Newsroom, Jan 30, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA).The apostolic nuncio of the Holy See in Spain, Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, explained the Holy Sees position on the United Nations Agenda 2030, from the preliminary discussions to its application.The reflection on the role of the Holy See regarding Agenda 2030 took pla...

Pope Francis meets with the Order of Malta on Jan. 30, 2023, as the sovereign state and religious order turned a new page in its history. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Jan 31, 2023 / 09:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis met with the Order of Malta on Monday as the sovereign state and religious order turned a new page in its history.On Jan. 25-29, 111 members of the Order of Malta assembled to elect new leadership in an extraordinary chapter general convened by Pope Francis last year."You have writte...

The Cathedral of Saint Paul in Saint Paul, Minnesota. / Sam Wagner/Shutterstock.St. Louis, Mo., Jan 31, 2023 / 09:40 am (CNA).The state Senate of Minnesota on Saturday morning narrowly passed a bill that would allow abortions in the state throughout pregnancy and for any reason. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, who has said that he will sign it into law.Catholic leaders had strongly denounced the bill, proposing instead a slate of pro-family measures that they say wil...

Pope Francis prayed for peace in the Holy Land at the end of his Angelus address on Jan. 29, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Jan 29, 2023 / 08:10 am (CNA).Pope Francis appealed for peace in the Holy Land on Sunday, calling the recent spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence a "spiral of death" that accomplishes nothing.In his Sunday Angelus address on Jan. 29, the pope expressed "great sorrow" for the death of Palestinians killed in an Israeli military raid as well as seven I...

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Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, archbishop of Luxembourg, (left) and Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops / Daniel Ibáñez/CNARome Newsroom, Jan 30, 2023 / 09:18 am (CNA).Cardinals organizing the Synod on Synodality have written a letter to all of the worlds bishops sharing urgent considerations for the Continental Assemblies, seven of which are set to take place by the end of March.In the letter published by the Vatican on Jan. 30, Cardinal Mario Grech and Cardinal J...

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRome Newsroom, Jan 30, 2023 / 07:27 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Monday named an American as the next prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops to succeed Cardinal Marc Ouellet.Bishop Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Vatican office responsible for evaluating new members of the Catholic Churchs hierarchy, the Vatican announced Jan. 3...

Pope Francis prayed for peace in the Holy Land at the end of his Angelus address on Jan. 29, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Jan 29, 2023 / 08:10 am (CNA).Pope Francis appealed for peace in the Holy Land on Sunday, calling the recent spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence a "spiral of death" that accomplishes nothing.In his Sunday Angelus address on Jan. 29, the pope expressed "great sorrow" for the death of Palestinians killed in an Israeli military raid, as well as seven ...

A group of school girls receiving the sacraments of baptism and confirmation in Onitsha, Anambra, Nigeria, on May 30, 2022. / ShutterstockSt. Louis, Mo., Jan 29, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).A compilation of new data by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University sheds light on the countries around the world that have the highest Mass attendance numbers. CARA researchers used data from the World Values Survey (WVS), a major international study of rel...

Statues of Joseph and Mary were stolen from a Nativity scene at St. Patricks Co-Cathedral in Billings, Montana, after vandals destroyed the statues the night of Jan. 16, 2023. The statues were found Jan. 26, 2023. / Credit: Montana Television Network News/ScreenshotCNA Newsroom, Jan 27, 2023 / 15:56 pm (CNA).Wise men were decapitated, animals scattered, and Mary, Jesus, and Joseph were missing from a Nativity scene at St. Patricks Co-Cathedral in Billings, Montana, after vandals destroyed the st...